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#3 Manchester United is Joshua King's second favourite team
Joshua King loves scoring against Manchester United. Last night, he scored his fifth goal against them in 11 games. That was his first goal against United in Watford colours, with his four previous strikes coming with Bournemouth.
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With 52 goals and 17 assists in 182 Premier League games, Joshua King is an underrated forward, though. But he has a special liking for United. Only against Everton, has he scored more league goals (8).
He has scored eight times in 11 Premier League clashes with the Merseyside outfit. King also loves facing West Ham and Watford. He has five goals apiece against the two EPL teams too in 10 and 14 appearances, respectively.
#2 Manchester United suffer their biggest loss to a promoted team in the Premier League era
The 4-1 loss to Watford last evening was Manchester United's heaviest defeat against a newly promoted side in the Premier League era.
Leicester City (2014), Bournemouth (2015), Norwich City (2015) and Huddersfield (2017) have all managed to beat The Red Devils in their respective first top-flight season. But none were as heavy as The Bees pulled off at the Vicarage Road.
However, The Foxes scored one more than Watford in a memorable 5-3 upset win against United seven years ago.
The Watford defeat was also United heaviest loss to a newly promoted team since losing 5-1 to Manchester City in September 1989. Yes, you read it right. Premier League holders Manchester City.
Sir Alex Ferguson was at the helm of Manchester United on that occasion, later calling that loss his most embarrassing result as their manager.
#1 Manchester United endure second-worst start in the Premier League era
Manchester United have played 12 games in the 2021-22 Premier League season, winning and losing five times apiece. They have accumulated only 17 points so far, their second-worst tally at this stage of the competition in the Premier League era.
Only in the 2019-20 season, also under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, did The Red Devils manage to accrue fewer points, garnering only 16 on that occasion. Just for context, even during their torrid campaign under David Moyes, United managed to score 21 points from their opening 12 games of the 2013-14 season.
